2026 FALL CLASSIC SCHEDULE!
November 6-8/RMU Island Sports Center
Friday
6pm C/D – Highlanders vs. Venom Serpents
650pm B – Butler Bombers vs. Militia
735pm B – Gods Masters vs. Banksville Bucks
825pm C/D – Riverview vs. Steel City Mafia
910pm C/D – Living Dead vs. Sylvester’s Cleaning
10pm C/D – McKeesport Paladins vs. South Hills Invaders
1045pm C/D – Bill’s vs. Mean Machine
Saturday
7am B – Militia vs. Team Pitt Laws
755am B – Butler Bombers vs. Gods Masters
845am C/D – Butler Thrashers vs. Highlanders
935am C/D – Columbus Dukes vs. Venom Serpents
1020am B – Banksville Bucks vs. Team Pitt Laws
1110am C/D – Columbus Dukes vs. Highlanders
1155am C/D – Butler Thrashers vs. Venom Serpents
1245pm C/D – Buffalo Gamblers vs. Philly Freeze
130pm C/D – Butler Thrashers vs. Columbus Dukes
220pm C/D – Living Dead vs. Riverview
305pm C/D – Steel City Mafia vs. Sylvester’s Cleaning
355pm D elimination – 2D vs. 3D
440pm C/D – Bill’s vs. McKeesport Paladins
530pm C/D – Buffalo Gamblers vs. Riverview
615pm C/D – Philly Freeze vs. Steel City Mafia
705pm C/D – Buffalo Gamblers vs. Living Dead
750pm C/D – Mean Machine vs. South Hills Invaders
840pm C/D – Philly Freeze vs. Sylvester’s Cleaning
925pm C/D – McKeesport Paladins vs. Mean Machine
1015pm C/D – Bills vs. South Hills Invaders
Sunday
7am B¼ – 4 seed vs. 5 seed
750am C¼ – 4 seed vs. 5 seed
840am C¼ – 3 seed vs. 6 seed
930am D¼ – 4 seed vs. 5 seed
1020am D¼- 3 seed vs. 6 seed
1110am B semi – 1 seed vs. 7am winner
1205pm B semi – 2 seed vs. 3 seed
1pm C semi – 1 seed vs. 750am winner
155pm C semi – 2 seed vs. 840am winner
250pm D semi – 1 seed vs. 930am winner
345pm D semi – 2 seed vs. 1020am winner
440pm B FINAL
535pm C FINAL
630pm D FINAL
*Scoring system: 10 points for a win, 5 points for a tie, 1 point for a shutout, 1 point per goal won by (max. 7 per game).
*Tiebreakers (in order of use): W-L, head-to-head, GF, GA, playoff period/coin flip.
*Any major = EJECTION. Three minors = EJECTION.
*Overtime will not be played in non-playoff games.
*Mark Madden is the tournament director. He is assisted by Mike Albright.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
Rec B (5 teams) – Banksville Bucks, Butler Bombers, Gods Masters, Militia, Team Pitt Laws
***Two seeding games. Every team gets a playoff game.
Rec C/D (14 teams)
Division A – Buffalo Gamblers, Living Dead, Riverview
Division B – Philly Freeze, Steel City Mafia, Sylvester’s Cleaning
Division C – Bill’s, McKeesport Paladins, Mean Machine, South Hills Invaders
Division D – Butler Thrashers, Columbus Dukes, Highlanders, Venom Serpents
***Division winners in A, B and C advance to C playoffs. Three wild-cards from A, B and C advance to C playoffs. Other teams in A, B and C advance to D playoffs.
Division winner in D advances to D playoffs. Second- and third-place teams in D meet in play-in game, with winner advancing to D playoffs.
PLAYOFF FORMAT MAY BE SWITCHED AT TOURNAMENT’S DISCRETION.
METHOD OF PLAY
*First period of all games is running time until semifinals. Clock also runs when one team takes a 7-goal lead and continues to run until the trailing team gets within 5. Semifinals and finals are stop time.
*Game ends (MERCY RULE) when one team leads by 8 at the end of 2 periods or later. NO EXCEPTIONS.
*During running time, minor penalties are 90 seconds, major penalties 4 minutes. THE CLOCK DOES NOT STOP DURING PENALTIES. Penalty begins when ball is dropped. During stop time, minors are 1 minute, majors 2½ minutes.
*The mets above the glass are IN PLAY.
*FLOATING BLUE LINE WILL BE USED.
*Signaling for a pass with a high stick is a penalty only if it endangers an opponent.
*You may clutch the ball with your hand, but must immediately set it down.
*Hand passes are legal in the defensive zone.
*Face-offs after penalties are deep in the offending team’s end.
*All face-offs are at the nearest dot.
*USA Ball Hockey rules apply.
*In elimination game, overtime proceeds immediately to shootout. In quarterfinal and semifinal games, overtime is one 5-minute running-time sudden-death period followed by a shootout. In championship games, overtime is one 10-minute running-time sudden-death period followed by a shootout. Teams do not switch ends for overtime.
*THERE ARE NO TIME OUTS.